Special Marine Warning

SMWMOB

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM... Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay... Western Choctawhatchee Bay...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 738 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Mid Bay Bridge, or near Santa Rosa Beach, moving south at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include... West Choctawhatchee Bay, Fort Walton Beach, Highway 331 Bridge, Shalimar, Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef, Destin, East Pass At Destin, East Choctawhatchee Bay, Okaloosa Pier, and Mid Bay Bridge.